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Below is an Interesting article I found, which says that.....Do not 3 F' j! W$ Q3 f
expect much from Crude Oil producers and future is not with the
* E3 f  P$ F- }companies producing Jet fuels but Biofuels. Also no wonder if some of
' E2 X  ^3 m. B& X8 ^4 p; H3 hthese oil producer will go bankrupt or out of the business even if + j! S8 r1 u+ D
crude prices improves. This implies also to good names such as Shell, , b7 ]- l0 W5 I& v9 \
EXXON, BG, BP, Cheveron ....xyz.. oils , L7 I& N2 a7 W

/ ]0 O5 G  w, L  k) m% U7 ORecently OPEC reduced crude oil production twice over just a few 6 C8 ?4 _0 M% A. m; L# b
months. There are three wars going on in Gaza, Iraq and Afghandistan.
# e  e  ?5 P+ TA year ago these things would have spiked the price of crude oil by at
, P! u2 H8 o& y+ L8 I* Ileast $50.00 per barrel. Today, oil price declined by a record amount. , @7 `* U1 R$ ?9 ~, \
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, U  \- u7 D8 z& }There are several reasons the price of oil is decreasing in the face & R# v" x' P. A- j! g; _1 {7 S( B6 o
of so much news. These reasons are: ! t1 g9 h! |/ S

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7 I4 W, a: z5 F" u' O0 R, Z# t1. New oil has been found in Canada, Montana, North & South Dakota and ' e, W. `! `. d" T/ ~/ m! D$ F' `
in the ocean near Brazil. Each of these oil fields has more oil than * g4 J) m; B; ]" X0 {; w1 x: L
Arabia. - k9 h7 `0 p  B) ^

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2. New natural gas has been found in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. * g+ f9 q' P8 y4 o7 o
This is the largest find in North America.
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3. New methods of injecting CO2 and surfactants into oil wells is 3 p* J8 c% e/ ]( ^3 O0 @, E+ h
being used to double their output.
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4. Production of bio-fuels is beginning to reach critical mass. Bio . K1 b9 u; d9 X4 U" {5 i1 `
fuel is being produced from many plants and algae. The production
3 L0 @9 }6 N+ a* |( Ipotential per acre in some cases is astounding. Many countries are
! X: X6 M5 u7 g; Bracing to produce bio fuels. 5 E9 l1 i9 q+ k
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0 |# U! A% r7 K: {# X3 P5. Virtually every restaurant in the US and all food processing plants / Q  W/ X: B' x! j+ {, b7 F' Q3 ~
are now selling their used oil to bio-diesel producers. Every pork,
7 Z4 x* D4 s6 f1 D4 H8 k# Qcattle, turkey and chicken processing plant will soon sell their fat 0 M# g$ I' z% z: R; O$ }
to bio-diesel producers. One pork processing plant in Oklahoma is
0 X* @) b+ j* \producing 30,000 gallons of bio-diesel per day from pork fat.
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+ }; V" E; k1 H7 P. T$ ^" J6. There are 99 nuclear reactors in various stages of planning and
8 ~* {3 l$ X. ]6 F2 p: U9 oconstruction around the world at this time. Several hundred more are
: N5 v4 r0 D$ P6 Q0 k$ zexpected to be built in the future. Much of the energy they produce , p6 f/ r8 r: ]" u/ J! ~9 y
will replace oil.
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7. Every company in any form of transportaion business is replacing
7 Q0 F3 x$ e( u: ?8 B/ L6 n* ~older equipment such as trucks, airplanes, train engines, ships, etc. . i. d7 l. ^1 [3 a( y
with new more fuel efficient equipment. Airlines and railway companies ( J$ `$ F( a, h2 \
are experiencing 20% to 25% better fuel econony with the new 0 s: }, ^4 x& ?
equipment. - J9 h: z. d- _; P# M2 p: `

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/ F. r  M7 {6 d9 O3 sAirlines are flying airplanes with bio-fuel. They are finding the bio- & k3 M% ]( U# {4 z0 U; f
fuel is cleaner and performs better than jet fuel.
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$ x; \) o4 P# t+ @8. Cities and counties throughout the US are selling the rights to
+ K  E: O* [# xcapture methane gas from landfills. This is a huge source of gas 4 d  I0 V' s2 c* p6 J
available at very little cost or risk. The gas is displacing crude 3 j3 v0 k  t, J% W
oil.
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9. Coal is being transformed into a clean burning liquid fuel. The CO2
0 |! J7 B' P1 X9 c9 @' h: P  oproduced as a byproduct is sold to oil companies for injection into
' |# g1 H& [/ v/ ^- X4 x) i* uoil wells.
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10. Solar, wind and ocean energy is displacing oil as an energy
' g) `' f" Y- l  ^  A0 X2 Ysource. Three new wind turbines are being erected every day in the US.
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6 J2 G* L9 s7 x8 X8 m* KEach of the above by itself will not make a large difference in the 2 ?9 c5 ~: w2 S5 D% c- w, g
price of crude oil but the sum of all of them together is world / V9 F; y$ \: G* Y1 X* T  g
changing. The important thing is that OPEC no longer has the ability 8 n" u9 u9 ?5 c9 B1 [" @! |/ n
to control oil prices.
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With the above scenario, I still believe that there are under
+ D) Q2 C; ~! `3 E/ jperformed OIL companies and probably they are yet to get the justified
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$ U1 l; d6 q9 J' ~4 LThe above articles are from WSJ .............PUBLISHED ON 9TH JAN   ]4 T; X) a) }9 d8 {
2009 ... FYI-Only
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